Anvil Fantasy Presents Dean Alfar’s “The Kite of Stars and Other Stories”
Congratulations to Dean Francis Alfar! His collection The Kite of Stars and Other Stories will hit the shelves in September :)
This book will be among Anvil Publishing's upcoming Anvil Fantasy titles. Looks like Philippines-based fantasy buffs have a lot to look forward to!
Collaborative Work: Heart
Randy Valiente, a very talented artist and advocate of Philippine Komiks, has posted about a collaborative work that Mia Sereno (scribe and artist extraordinaire) and I are participating in. I hope it's OK for me to repost the teaser illustration that he made for it in this blog, because I think Randy and Mia's art is well worth promoting:
Mia is a good online friend, and a firm advocate of literacy in the Philippines. She is also a member of Read or Die, a Philippines-based literacy group I've mentioned on this blog not a few times.
I'm very honored that Mia and Randy took an interest in my fiction, and I'm really looking forward to when it'll be out for distribution. We're planning to make it available for the 28th Manila International Book Fair, so please do attend!
Randy has also mentioned a press conference of "big" komiks publishers who will be present at the National Center for Culture and the Arts Building at 12 noon this July 26. Tune in to his blog for details!
Mia is a good online friend, and a firm advocate of literacy in the Philippines. She is also a member of Read or Die, a Philippines-based literacy group I've mentioned on this blog not a few times.
I'm very honored that Mia and Randy took an interest in my fiction, and I'm really looking forward to when it'll be out for distribution. We're planning to make it available for the 28th Manila International Book Fair, so please do attend!
Randy has also mentioned a press conference of "big" komiks publishers who will be present at the National Center for Culture and the Arts Building at 12 noon this July 26. Tune in to his blog for details! Update on Tropics of Love, Feedback on Unmasked Winners, and Some Blog Resolutions
For those interested in participating in Quatre Gats Press' Tropics of Love anthology - yes, LBGTQ fiction is welcome :)Set your imaginations loose!
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Congratulations to the winners of the 1st Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards!
Some interesting reviews have been made about the winners, among which are Dean Alfar's, Banzai Cat's [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and Charles Tan's. Not having read all the winning entries myself, I'm loath to give out my personal opinion. But I believe everyone should be free to impart his/her opinions, and civilized discussion should always be welcome.
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Have added a bunch of links to the sidebar, specifically to the Philippines-based SFF Fandom Groups section. All links should be active. Do check them out! And if anyone has any new links, please give me a holler.
Have also decided to post at least one essay a week on this blog. Starting tomorrow, which is a Friday by my timezone. No really, I promise!
Also, should really be updating the design of this blog soon...
ELMER by Gerry Alanguilan
I'm several days late in helping promote this, but here's something else to look into for an alternative comic theme:
ELMER by Gerry Alanguilan
In the author's own words:
ELMER is a window into an alternate Earth where chickens have suddenly acquired the intelligence and consciousness of humans, where they consider themselves a race no different than whites, browns or blacks, and push to recognize rights for themselves as the newest members of the human race. It tells the story of a family of chickens who live and struggle to survive in a suddenly complicated, dangerous and yet beautiful world.You can purchase copies of ELMER through Komikero Publishing and Alamat Comics. The first issue is available at ComicQuest Megamall, Comics Odyssey Robinson's Malate, and Druid's Keep in Magallanes.